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A police pursuit ends with a crash and the discovery of more than a dozen pounds of marijuana along Orange Avenue near University late Thursday. NBC 7's Jason Austell reports. (Published Friday, Aug 31, 2012)

Updated at 7:58 AM PST on Friday, Aug 31, 2012

A police pursuit ended in a crash involving several vehicles and the discovery of $15,000 of illegal drugs in the suspect’s car according to officials.

San Diego police officers tried to pull over the driver of a Jeep Cherokee on University Avenue around 11:45 p.m. Thursday but the driver decided to take a sharp turn cutting off another vehicle instead.

Suspect Crashes in Pursuit, Pot Seized

A police pursuit ends with a crash and the discovery of more than a dozen pounds of marijuana along Orange Avenue near University late Thursday. NBC 7's Jason Austell reports. (Published Friday, Aug 31, 2012)

Then, officers say the driver took off at a high rate of speed, drove into an alley and tried to turn onto Orange but lost control and slammed into several parked cars.

The unidentified man jumped out of the vehicle and tried to run from officers but they captured him and arrested him on multiple felony charges.

$87k Worth of Marijuana Seized in San Diego

They include felony drug charges stemming from the discovery of more than 15 pounds of marijuana with a street value of approximately $15,000 in the vehicle according to officials.